The Bach Sons
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Composer or Director: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Magazine Review Date: 09/2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 145
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 88883 73463-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Concerto for Keyboard and Strings |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer
Basle Chamber Orchestra Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer See Siang Wong, Piano Yuki Kasai, Conductor |
Solfeggio |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer See Siang Wong, Piano |
Fantasia, 'Freye Fantasie' |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer See Siang Wong, Piano |
Keyboard piece for right or left hand alone |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer See Siang Wong, Piano |
(6) Sonatas for Keyboard, 'Württemberg Sonatas', Movement: A minor |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Composer See Siang Wong, Piano |
(6) Sonatas for Keyboard, Movement: A |
Johann Christian Bach, Composer
Johann Christian Bach, Composer See Siang Wong, Piano |
Allegretto con variazioni, "Ah, vous dirai-je, mamn" |
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Composer
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Composer See Siang Wong, Piano |
Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', Movement: Choral: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring) |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer See Siang Wong, Piano |
Concerto for Keyboard and Orchestra |
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Composer
Basle Chamber Orchestra See Siang Wong, Piano Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Composer Yuki Kasai, Conductor |
Sonata for Keyboard |
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Composer
See Siang Wong, Piano Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Composer |
(12) Polonaises, Movement: F minor |
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Composer
See Siang Wong, Piano Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Composer |
Author: Richard Wigmore
Much of the finest music here, though, is by Carl Philipp Emanuel, above all the fiery D minor Concerto of 1748 and the brooding, harmonically audacious F sharp minor Fantasia of four decades later. The Dutch-born pianist See Siang Wong’s enthusiasm for CPE and his siblings is manifest in the (poorly translated) booklet interview. He certainly catches the astringent brilliance of the D minor Concerto and the nagging obsessiveness in the first movement of WF’s concerto. But there is an uncomfortable sonic discrepancy between the lithe, spare-toned Basle Chamber Orchestra (comprising just 13 strings) and the forwardly recorded Steinway B. With the ear subconsciously expecting a harpsichord, the solo entry in the CPE Bach concerto comes as quite a shock. Textural clarity in the rapid passagework is not always ideal. Beyond this, I wish that See Siang Wong had dared a more vivid palette of tone colour and dynamics. His playing is never less than musical and alert. But turn to Danny Driver’s two discs of CPE Bach (Hyperion, 7/10), including the F sharp minor Fantasia, and you’ll hear more subtle pianism and a more urgent, imaginative response to CPE’s unique expressive world.
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